[MPlayer-users] a problem and a question

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, SoulEdge wrote:
> > I don't see any mention of requirements for this new gif-demuxer in the
> > dox, so i don't know what it does, or what its requirements are.
>
> Well, i think it gives MPlayer the ability to play GIF animations. I just
> tried to play one, it barely started to work (crappy colors, only first frame
> was displayed, then some errors, then MPlayer crashed)

If that's the case, then i'm certainly not missing anything.  My web
browser performs this task quite well.

> > > Maybe you guys are lacking some libs in your systems...
> >
> > Such as?
>
> beats me! Check MPlayer source, the file demux_gif.c might be
> linking against a library which you don't have?

OK, thanks.  I'll prolly not bother since this isn't functionality that i
need or want anyway.

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